While teaching a class, a teacher ignores the inappropriate talking the students engage in amongst themselves. This is an example of

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Extinction is the process of eliminating a behavior by removing the reinforcement that is maintaining it. In this case, the inappropriate talking is not being reinforced with attention or other consequences, so it may eventually extinguish. This is in contrast to punishment which involves adding a consequence to decrease a behavior. Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a behavior after it was thought to be extinct, and discrimination refers to the ability to differentiate between similar stimuli.

While Teaching a Class, a Teacher Ignores the Inappropriate Talking